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Definition of prevaricator - 2 dictionary results

pre⋅var⋅i⋅ca⋅tor

  [pri-var-i-key-ter]
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–noun
1. a person who speaks falsely; liar.
2. a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator.
Origin:
1535–45; < L praevāricātor; see prevaricate, -tor
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pre·var·i·cate   (prĭ-vār'ĭ-kāt')   
intr.v.   pre·var·i·cat·ed, pre·var·i·cat·ing, pre·var·i·cates
To stray from or evade the truth; equivocate. See Synonyms at lie2.

[Latin praevāricārī, praevāricāt- : prae-, pre- + vāricāre, to straddle (from vāricus, straddling, from vārus, bent).]
pre·var'i·ca'tion n., pre·var'i·ca'tor n.
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